Appearances


Keynotes and Lectures

Dr. Rice is available for lectures and workshops.  Costs of presentations are outlined on her services page. Her keynotes and lectures include the following presentations:

How big girls become fat girls: The cultural production of problem eating and physical inactivity
People's Health Matters Seminar Series
Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, NFLD, November 2008

Qualifying as a Woman: Making sex in puberty and the passage to womanhood
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, June 2008

Talking about body image, identity, and difference
Institute for Health Research, York University, Toronto, ON, February 2008

Are we obsessed with obesity? Our kids are listening
Peterborough Healthy Families Network
Peterborough, ON. November 2007

How big girls become fat girls
International Society of Critical Health Psychology Conference
Boston, USA, July 2007

Envisioning new meanings of disability and difference
Peterborough, YWCA, Peterborough, ON, June 2007

Secrets of sex differences: Ethical challenges of interpreting women’s lives
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, May 2007

Envisioning new meanings of disability and difference project
Sudbury YWCA, Sudbury, ON, May 2007

The cultural production of problem eating and physical inactivity
Women's Studies 35th Anniversary Colloquium
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, April 2007

Envisioning new meanings of disability and difference:
Ethical challenges of arts-based interventions
3rd Annual Women’s Studies Research Day
Trent University, Peterborough, ON, March 2007

Exacting beauty: Exploring young women’s body projects.
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Lecture
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, February 2007

On becoming the fat girl
Graduate Women’s Studies Seminar Series
York University, Toronto, ON, January 2007

Imagining the other? Reflections on researching and writing ethnic women’s lives
Ethnic Life Writing and Histories Conference
University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, May 2006

How big girls become fat girls: Cultural production of problem exercise and eating practices
Healthy Girls, Healthy Women Conference
York University, Toronto, ON, May 2006

A closer look: Documentary film and the feminist classroom
Canadian Women’s Studies Association, York University, Toronto, ON, May 2006

Through the eyes of a feminist
Frost Centre Master’s Colloquium
Trent University, Peterborough, ON, November 2005

Framed as unfit: Implications of anti-fat attitudes for girls’ body perceptions and practices
Childhood Obesity Prevention Conference
Peel Public Health Dept, Mississauga, ON, Nov 2005

Becoming the fat girl:
How anti-fat attitudes undermine girls’ sense of body and self
Graduate Psychology Program, University of Toronto, Sept 2005

Imagining the other: Ethics in feminist narrative research
Canadian Women’s Studies Association, University of Western Ontario, May, 2005

Implications of anti-fat attitudes for girls’ and women’s health
Body Image Coalition & Peterborough Public Health Department, Apr 2005

What diverse women’s body histories tell about the passage to womanhood
International Society of Critical Health Psychology, University of Sheffield, England, Mar 2005

How size stereotypes create unfitness in kids
Institute for Health Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Jan 2005

Fatness and identity
Politics of Obesity Symposium, Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Health, University of Toronto, Sept 2004

Representing diverse women’s narratives of embodiment
Women, Health, and Representation Conference,
University of New England, Portland, Maine, June 2004

Becoming women: Body image, identity, and difference in the passage to womanhood
Graduate Seminar Series, York University, Toronto, Jan 2004

Rethinking approaches to preventing body image dissatisfaction and problem eating in girls
Girls In/Action: An interdisciplinary Symposium, University of Toronto, June 2003

Becoming women: What women’s body narratives tell about the passage to womanhood
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Halifax, May, 2003
 
Generating communities across difference and disability
Canadian Association for the Study of Women in Education, Halifax, May 2003

Building bridges across physical difference and disability
Canadian Association for the Study of Women in Education, University of Toronto, May 2002

From body image to body equity
Canadian Association for the Study of Women in Education, University of Toronto, May 2002

Beauty, body, and growing up female
University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Mar 2002

Critical approaches to preventing body image dissatisfaction and eating problems in middle school girls
American Psychological Association, San Francisco, Aug 2001

A steady diet of illusion: Identity and the beauty industry
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Forum, Toronto, Feb 2000

Narrative ways of working with body image problems
Graduate Program in Social Work, York University, Nov, 2000

The vanished body: The female body in medieval and early modern societies
The Body in Western Society, York University, Feb 1999

Perceptions of the female body in the middle ages and early modern period
Women, Children, and the Family in Europe, 1150–1800, York
University, Oct 1998

The student body
Faculty of Education, York University, Feb 1998

Our bodies, our stories: Working with diverse women’s body narratives
Graduate Course in Feminist Practice, Department of Social Work, University of Toronto, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

An introduction to body history research
Women’s College Hospital Research Day, Toronto, Feb 1997

The body cycle: women’s body histories in context
Women’s College Hospital Lecture Series, Toronto, Feb 1997

Use and misuse of diagnostic labels
Department of Women’s Studies, University of Toronto, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Sexual harassment, eating problems and the problem of embodiment 
International Congress of Psychology, Montreal, Aug 1996

Teaching at the intersection of equity and health
Teaching Women’s Health Conference, Toronto, June 1996

Encouraging gender equity through body equity
 Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, June 1995

Out from under occupation
 On Women, York University, Department of Women’s Studies, 1995

Body diversity and medical practice
 The Foundations of Medical Practice, University of Toronto Medical School, 1995

The great weight debate: Paradigm shifts in working with weight
 Canadian Diabetes Association, Waterloo, Sept 1995

Slipping through the cracks: Sexual harassment, body image and disordered eating
 Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Feb 1996

The famine within
 Prince George Eating Disorders Preventive Program, BC, Feb 1995

More than skin deep: A frank discussion on the effects of our society’s ideals of beauty on our youth
 North Bay and District Health Unit, Jan 1995

The high cost of image obsession
 Barrie Interagency Committee on Body Image, Sept 1994

Freeing future generations
 Sudbury Committee on Body Image & Science North, Sudbury, Sept 1994

Facing the tyranny of image
Jewish Women’s Federation, Toronto, May 1994

More than skin deep
 International Women’s Week, University of Prince Edward Island Women’s Centre, Charlottetown, Mar 1994

To diet or not to diet
Medical Grand Rounds, Women’s College Hospital, Feb 1994

Questioning cultural ideals of beauty
 York Region of Public Health, Toronto, Feb 1994

Feminist ways of working with eating problems
 Women as Change Agents, Department of Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 1994

Trauma and embodiment
 Battered Women and Children's Counsellor/Advocacy Program, George Brown College, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Paradigm shifts in working with body image issues
 “Orchestrating Change” Conference, Ontario Dietetic Association, Waterloo, Feb 1993

Making connections: Impact of trauma on the body
Aftermath, Toronto, June 1993

Body as battleground
 Regional Women's Health Centre, Toronto, May 1993

Weight prejudice as a human rights issue
Demystifying the Diet Roller Coaster Forum, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University, Toronto, May 1993

Body image: Voicing our experiences through our bodies
 McGill Sexual Assault Care Centre and the Anorexia and Bulimia Foundation of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Mar 1993

Politics of eating disorder prevention
 Home Economics Department, University of Prince Edward Island, 1993

Should I be on a diet?
Women's Health Clinical Day, Women's College Hospital, Feb 1993

Weight discrimination: An acceptable prejudice?
Nutrition Symposium, University of Western Ontario, London, Apr 1991

Unbearable weight: Diet obessed and eating disordered society
 Nutrition and Society Course, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1989, 1990, 1991

An overview of the prevention of eating disorders
 Canadian Psychiatric Association, Sept 1990

Deconstructing body image: Using memory to understand food and weight issues for women
 Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, May 1990

The prevention of eating disorders
 Department of Psychiatry, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, May 1990

Re-defining body politics:
Weight preoccupation, weight prejudice, and eating disorders
 Women and Health Workshop Series, Charlottetown, PEI, Sept 1989


Workshops

Love the skin you’re in! Daughters, mothers, and mentors discuss body image
Kawartha Lakes Body Image Coalition, Trillium Lakelands District School Board, and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Lindsay, ON, November 2008.

Creating body positive communities
 Christy's Light Foundation, Sault Saint Marie, October, 2008

Challenging disordered eating practices
 Christy's Light Foundation, Sault Saint Marie, October, 2008

Love the skin you’re in
 Charles Gordon Public School, Scarborough, Ontario, May 2008

Girls’ Talk: Real girls, real bodies, real issues, real answers
Robert Service Public School
Scarborough, Ontario, April 2008

Body image matters: Body image from childhood to womanhood
 Simcoe Mustoka Health Unit. Barrie, ON, May 2006

Embodying equity: Body image as an equity issue in school settings
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusiveness Conference
 Kawartha District School Board, Haliburton, ON, Oct 2005

Exploring Experiences of Appearance and Difference
Appearance and Difference in Social Interactions
 Peterborough YWCA, Oct, 2005

Supporting students with body image, food, and weight issues
 Student Health Service, Trent University, Peterborough, Sept 2005

Children with differences in body size: How do we respond without increasing the risk for body image and eating problems
 Shaping the Future Conference, Charlottetown, PEI, Jan 2004

Promoting body equity in schools
 University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Mar 2002

Applying feminist theory in women-centred health care contexts
 Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Apr 2001

What does feminist practice mean?
Clinical Manager’s Forum, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Dec 2000

Body image across the life span: Nursing Issues and interventions 
 Family Practice Nurses Conference, Toronto, June 1998

Meeting the changing needs of girls
Big Sisters Association of Ontario, Orillia, May 1998

Boundaries and ethics in working with weight and body image issues
 Ethics Centre and the School of Social Work, Ryerson University, Toronto, Mar 1998

Body image across the life span
 Iranian Women’s Group, Toronto, June 1997

Developing a community resource centre for body image
 Body Image Committee, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Mar 1997

Emerging approaches to preventing eating disorders and promoting healthy body image
 North York Public Health Department, North York, ON, Mar 1997

Weighing the risks: Girls, boys and body image
 Winnipeg Women’s Health Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feb 1997

Resisting the beauty myth: Community interventions for preventing eating disorders and promoting healthy body image
 Central Vancouver Island Health Unit, Port Alberni, BC, Oct 1996

Dismantling old myths, building new models: Emerging approaches to promoting healthy body image and preventing eating disorders
 British Columbia Ministry of Health, Vancouver, BC, Oct 1996

Emerging approaches to eating disorder prevention
Eating Disorders Prevention Steering Committee, Vancouver, BC, Oct 1996

Promoting healthy body image and preventing eating disorders
 Porcupine Health Unit, Timmons, ON, Sept 1995

Promoting healthy body image in schools
 Inter-Agency Eating Disorders Committee, Belleville, ON, Mar 1995

Complimentary and collaborative approaches to working with eating disorders 
 Clinic Day, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Mar 1995

The student body
 Women’s Issues Committee, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, Mar 1995

Food & weight problems: New approaches to prevention and treatment
Prince George Eating Disorders Preventive Program, Prince George, BC, Feb 1995

Community interventions for promoting healthy body image
 North Bay and District Health Unit, North Bay, ON, Jan 1995

Through another eye: Compulsory heterosexuality and its relationship to food, weight and body image struggles
 Dept of Women’s Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Feb 1995

Escaping the beauty myth: Helping youth build body esteem
 Sudbury Body Image Awareness Committee, Sudbury, ON, Sept 1994

Body image and identity
 University Women’s Club, Port Hope, ON, Feb 1994

Reflecting women: Media and the politics of appearance
Toronto Board of Education Youth Conference, May 1993

Youth focus on body image
Algoma Body Image Committee, Sault Saint Marie, Mar 1993

The body image workshop: Approaches for helping young women build resistance to the beauty myth
 Robert Thompson Centre, Allston, ON, Mar 1993

Weight prejudice, weight preoccupation and eating disorders: Issues and interventions for teachers
 Federation of Women Teacher's Associations of Ontario, Equity through Diversity Conference, Toronto, Feb 1993

Weight preoccupation, weight prejudice and eating disorders: Issues and interventions for direct service workers
 “No More Secrets” Conference, Toronto, May 1990

Weight prejudice: Exploding the myth that the ‘obese’ overeat
 Beyond Survival Conference, Toronto, Apr 1989



Sectors and Organizations Seeking Presentations

Carla has conducted numerous lectures and workshops on body image and eating problems for diverse organizations, including:


University and College:

  • Adult Education Graduate Program, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
  • Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University
  • Battered Women and Children's Counsellor/Advocacy Program, George Brown College
  • Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Health and Physical Activity, University of Toronto
  • Canadian Studies and Native Studies, Trent University
  • Canadian Centre for Sport Policy Studies, University of Toronto
  • Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
  • Counselling Psychology Graduate Program, OISE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
  • Department of Psychology, York University
  • Department of Women’s Studies, McMaster University;
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
  • Faculty of Social Work, York University
  • Faculty of Education, York University
  • Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa
  • Humber College
  • School of Education, University of Toronto
  • School of Nutrition, Ryerson University
  • University of Western Ontario
  • University of New England, Portland, Maine
  • Women’s Centre and Women’s Studies Program, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI
  • Women’s Studies, University of Waterloo
  • York Institute for Health Research, York University

Education and Youth:

  • Robert Service Public School, Scarborough, ON
  • Charles Gordon Public School, Scarborough, ON
  • Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, ON
  • Equal Opportunity Office, Toronto Board of Education, ON
  • Body Image Working Group, Toronto Board of Education, ON
  • Toronto Board of Education Administrators and Support Staff, ON
  • Lesbian and Bisexual Peer Support Group, Toronto Board of Education, ON
  • Many schools in Toronto & surrounding areas, ON
  • Almaguin Highlands Secondary School, South River, ON
  • York University Peer Counselling Program, North York, ON
  • Robert Thomson Youth and Family Centre, Allston, ON
  • Youth Clinical Services, Toronto, ON
  • Conferences for Camp Counsellors, Toronto, ON

Health Care and Social Service:

  • Algoma Body Image Committee, Sault Saint Marie, ON
  • Algoma Best Start, Sudbury, ON
  • Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Association of Montreal (ANAB), Montreal, QC
  • Bay Centre for Birth Control, Toronto, ON
  • Barrie Interagency Body Image Committee, Barrie, ON
  • Barrie Best Start, Barrie, ON
  • Better Beginnings, Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto and Ottawa, ON
  • Body Image Coalition of Peterborough, ON
  • Canadian Diabetes Association, Canada
  • Canadian Mental Health Association, ON
  • Central Vancouver Island Health Unit, Port Alberni, BC
  • Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, ON
  • Christy's Light Foundation, Sault Saint Marie
  • Prevention & Health Promotion, British Columbia Ministry of Health, Vancouver, BC
  • Department of Psychiatry, The Toronto Hospital, ON
  • Eating Disorder Awareness Week, USA
  • Eating Disorder Steering Committee, BC Ministry of Health, BC
  • East End Community Health Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Family Practice Nurses Association, Canada
  • Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, ON
  • Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, Belleville, ON
  • Health Promotions Branch, Ministry of Health, ON
  • Health Promotion Directorate, Ministry of Health, ON
  • Hospital for Sick Children Adolescent Medicine Unit, Toronto, ON
  • Kawartha Lakes Body Image Coalition, ON
  • Kinark Child and Family Services
  • Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
  • National Eating Disorders Foundation, London, ON
  • North Bay and District Health Unit, North Bay, ON
  • Oshawa Community Health Centre, ON
  • Parkdale Community Health Centre, ON
  • Peterborough County-City Health Unit, Peterborough, ON
  • Planned Parenthood of Toronto, ON
  • Porcupine Health Unit, Timmons, ON
  • Prince George Eating Disorders Preventive Program, Prince George, BC
  • Public Health Departments in Metropolitan Toronto including Toronto, Peel, Scarborough, North York, and York, ON
  • Simcoe Mustoka Health Unit, Barrie, ON
  • Sudbury Body Image Awareness Committee, Sudbury, ON
  • Sudbury Eating Disorder Clinic, Sudbury, ON
  • Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Lindsay, ON
  • Tri-Hospital Diabetes Clinic, Toronto, ON
  • Toronto Occupational Health Nurses Association, ON
  • Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON
  • Women’s Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, ON
  • Worker's Compensation Employee Health Services, ON


Women and Social Justice:

  • Aftermath, Toronto, ON
  • Big Sisters Association of Ontario, ON
  • Brief Psychotherapy Centre for Women, Toronto, ON
  • Canadian Union of Public Employees, Toronto, ON 
  • Community Resources and Initiatives, ON
  • Elizabeth Fry Society, Toronto, ON
  • Grant House Addictions Treatment Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Habitat Women's Shelter, Toronto, ON
  • Humewood House, Toronto, ON
  • Iranian Women’s Group, Canada
  • Jean Tweed Treatment Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Jewish Women’s Federation, Canada
  • Mediawatch, ON
  • Metropolitan Toronto Special Committee on Child Abuse, ON
  • Opportunity for Advancement, Toronto, ON
  • Peterborough Women’s Health Centre, ON
  • Port Hope University Women’s Club, Port Hope, ON
  • Regional Women's Health Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Sexual Assault Care Centres, Toronto and surrounding areas, ON
  • Status of Women, PEI
  • Status of Women Canada
  • St. Joseph's Women's Health Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Toronto Women's Health Network, Toronto, ON
  • Winnipeg Women’s Health Centre, Winnipeg, MAN
  • Women’s Health Matters Forum and Expo, ON
  • Women's Counselling, Referral and Education Centre (WCREC), Toronto, ON
  • YWCA Breakthrough Program Violence against Women, Toronto, ON
  • YWCA, London, ON


Media Appearances

Dr Rice has interviewed for numerous radio, print, and television media including: 
  • Toronto Star
  • Montreal Gazette 
  • Ottawa Citizen 
  • Toronto Sun 
  • Now Magazine 
  • Canadian Living 
  • London Free Press 
  • Vancouver Courier 
  • Globe and Mail
  • Canadian Press 
  • Prince George Observer 
  • Chatelaine 
  • Flare 
  • Glow
  • CBC Radio 
  • Radiance Magazine
  • Images Magazine 
  • CJRT
  • CFRB 
  • CHWK 
  • Q107
  • CHUM-FM 
  • CFNY 
  • CKNW 
  • Maclean’s Magazine 
  • YTV Hits Radio 
  • K103 
  • CJEZ 
  • CIUT 
  • CKLN 
  • Life Channel 
  • The Ryersonian 
  • CBC News  
  • Discovery Channel 
  • Women’s Television Network 
  • CPAC
  • CHCH Channel 11
  • Global Television Network 
  • City TV